Showing posts with label Maria and Johnny. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maria and Johnny. Show all posts

Monday, January 23, 2023

90th Birthday Party at Linda's Home

 Gary and Craig had to blow up all these balloons for the setting Linda wanted.




Maria brought this of what was happening the year I was born!


Linda and Gary prepared a Chipotle type supper with shredded chicken and Cafe Rio dressing and the best guacamole and salad, my favorite kind of meal.  Maria brought the Sprinkles Cupcakes which I have not had in about 5 years...up to $5 each now but well worth it!!!!   




Such good food as it always is at Linda's, she and Gary are a good team.
 

 Camber's Dad Greg is a storyteller and he has sooo many!


Pix were taken with everyone.  Granddaughter Kelsi.


Son James


Son-in-law Gary


Daughter Linda


Granddaughter Lea


Grandson Jimmy, He had to leave early to go to work at Jake's, a restaurant.


Kelsi and Lea, my beauty advisors!


Great Grandson Nico volunteered to take a picture with me for a cupcake.


Great Granddaughter Eden,  she always romped with Sadie, he really loves her.  She is a big reader, just like her Mom and Keira.


Great Granddaughter Keira, the sci fi girl who knows how to make movies really well, and is an avid reader.


Meagan's husband Matt is a brain with charm.  I like the beard.


lst Granddaughter Meagan, we had a lot of life together, helping one another.


The darling Massey family! Maria and Johnny gave me the cute sweatshirt!
Not that I ever was gorgeous, but I'll take it.


Daughter Maria, always compassionate and knows just what to give you.


Johnny and Maria, Johnny had to fly from his work site in Bay Area and fly back to come to my party!!!  Appreciated that so much.


These peeps just live down the street.  Their home was always open to me and I lived with them a lot.  James was always generous and even sent me on my $3500 trip to Scandinavia.


Always helping me, Linda and Gary, always there for me, moved me so many times as I changed my hats several times after Richard died.



Wax lips used to be a big thing in my childhood.  I had fun opening a box of candy from Maria and Johnny which was all the candy popular in 1933.


They got into the 1933 candy box and have the candy cigarettes.  It is hard to believe but we had them all the time and nobody thought anything of it.



 Camber's Dad came and ate with us, Mary was with Camber at UCSD hospital, she is getting the help she needs now and doing so much better, pray it continues!!!


Jimmy keeps us smiling!



I received many greetings from family who are spread all over the country.

15 grandchildren and families, 13 great grandchildren

I also loved hearing from so many friends and other family.  Great Day!

And Row sent me a Happy Birthday greeting, too.  


Linda made a movie of my life and we are watching it at the party!  And there is the open box of 1933 candy.


Morning after the party Linda couldn't walk Sadie as she and Gary were sub teaching in Seminary so I had to quickly get dressed and walk Sadie.   Linda was home when I got back and she took this picture.


 What a fantastic birthday I had, does my family know how to throw a party, oh yes!!


Saturday, December 17, 2022

Lunch with Johnny and Maria, Christmas 2022

Linda and Gary are in Park City and Maria and Johnny will be at Johnny's work location near Walnut Creek, Ca.  Johnny added these poinsettias to the front porch and Maria put some presents under the tree.  They had invited James and I to lunch and we went to Miguel's by McDonalds and had excellent food and talk.  I had made her and Johnny some raisin bars and cookies.

Had not seen them since I went to Utah in 2021!!!!



  
On Christmas Day we opened the presents Maria had left and I received this lovely cup that Maria sells on a site.  She does the art, etc herself as therapy and is now making a business of her art.  Very nice!




Sunday, April 10, 2011

Party at the Hardy's Before I Go Back to Lake Almanor

The night before I left we had a little party at the Hardy's. We ate and played some silly games. We learned a little more about Maria's new husband Johnny and he learned a little more about us.

James and Camber are always very generous with their home and welcoming everyone.   

Maria and Johnny had been moving furniture all day and were very tired.

I had a lot more pictures but this is the only one that survived for some reason!  

John Hardy Memorial Hike 2015

My Life So Far